# Configure sincedb in filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-sincedb-in-filebeat/123672>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 13, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-sincedb-in-filebeat/123672 "2018-03-13T03:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunilkumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilkumar/32/28675_2.png) [@sunilkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilkumar)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-sincedb-in-filebeat/123672/1 "2018-03-13T03:19:51Z")

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how to configure `sincedb_path => "/dev/null" ignore_older => 0` in filebeat ?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-sincedb-in-filebeat/123672/2 "2018-03-14T13:04:02Z")

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There is no sincedb in filebeat. I assume you are referring to the registry file? This you can configure with `filebeat.registry_file: ${path.data}/registry`

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-sincedb-in-filebeat/123672/3 "2018-04-11T13:04:06Z")

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